Defense Department
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The Defense Department says an investigation has identified dozens of members of the military and defense contractors that have allegedly obtained child pornography. Many of those involved are said to have access to top secret information. Some of those implicated to are connected to the National Reconnaissance Office and the National Security Agency. The Boston Globe first reported the story after obtaining documents through the Freedom of Information Act. Some have already been prosecuted.
July 26, 2010 -
In the government, it\'s said that nothing has more endurance, or lasts longer than a document stamped \"top secret\". A presidential advisory panel tasked with developing a newly streamlined classification and declassification system for the government wrestled with one proposal to get rid of one existing category all together.
July 26, 2010 -
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The Senate sent back to the House Thursday night a stripped-down $59 billion war funding bill.
July 23, 2010 -
The Pentagon is facing intensifying political and economic pressures to restrain its budget.
July 23, 2010 -
A team of over 40 civilians is going to Afghanistan to set up a distribution facility where materials are stored and issued to members of the military. Rear Admiral Thomas Traaen tells us how it works.
July 22, 2010 -
Agency leaders say a commitment hiring and training contract oversight personnel is an important step towards balancing the federal budget and increasing efficiency. They highlight several creative cost-cutting measures being undertaken government-wide.
July 16, 2010 -
If outsourcing is the answer, what should be the question? We hear from Commissioner Grant Green of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 15, 2010 -
The CEW is a workforce of Department of Defense civilians trained and equipped to deploy oversees in support of worldwide military missions. We learn more about it from Frank DiGiovanni, the Acting Director of Readiness and Training Policy and Programs at Defense.
July 14, 2010 -
As the U.S. military pulls troops and equipment out of Iraq, the State Department will have to rely increasingly on contractors.
July 13, 2010 -
DHS gets official oversight over all civilian agency computer networks.
July 09, 2010 -
Gay rights groups are concerned the Pentagon\'s massive survey of military attitudes toward repealing the \"don\'t ask don\'t tell\" policy could produce skewed results.
July 09, 2010 -
The soldier accused of downloading a huge trove of secret data from military computers in Iraq copied thousands of files and disguised them as Lady Gaga files.
July 09, 2010 -
The meeting will focus on Gates\'s push for savings across the DoD.
July 08, 2010 -
OMB issues a fact sheet detailing successes across the government. Agencies are using fewer risky contracts and achieving more competition. One expert, however, wonders if the insourcing initiative is part of the reason for the changes.
July 08, 2010